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`HENRY n; HATHEWASL or .oLocIfvILLn NEW YORK.

Letters .Patent No. 97,635, dated December 7, 18,69.

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` The Schedule referred to in `these Letters Patent and making part of the saine.

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Be it known that I, HE1mY H. HATHEWAY, of Olockville, in the county of` Madison, and State of `New York, have invented anew and valuable Improvement inl-Grappling-Hooks forhorse hay-forks; 'and I do hereby declare that the following `is a full. clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of thesame, reference being Ihad tothe annexd drawings," making a` part of this specification, figures `of reference' marked Figure 1,-of the drawings, represents a perspective view of `my dev-ice in the act `of being elevated vto a beam `or other support.

Figure 2 represents a side view of the sliding collar, with chain attached.` a

Figure 3 represents a top view of the same.

Figure 4 represents a rule, with polelattached.

Figure 5 represents a top view. ofthe `ierrule andits arms.

Similarletters of reference on the drawings indicate My `invention relates to means foi` fastening the `grappling-hooks of horse hay-forks `to beams, rafters, or other high supports, .without the use Vof ladders;

i and consists, mainly, in the arrangement of the sliding collar on the'shanks ofthe grappling-hook,"and in the i constructionof the `ferrule, and pin-or projection on the elevating-pole.

\ .'lhe lettersAA denote the' jaws of the grapplinghook. l

B,fthe sliding collar, fixed on `the Shanks of the'- `hoolrfin suoli a manner thatit can slide-upand down the-icon. Y f

D, `the ferrule,'.securedlto the end of the elevatingpole, and formedwith` the horizontally-curved arms E "E,`ext nding out from it on eacli'side, and having @notches to receive the back edges of the i jaws of 'the hook when opel., j

the ferrule, in sucha position that it will catch under thesliding collar, and -raiseitnvhen"the pole is ele- `vated. t

The pole is mademovablefi the ferrule, so that the pin or projection `F can be turned from under the slidl ing `collartB, when desired.

The hay-fork is suspended The grappling-hook, sliding collar, and'iferrule, are

by a chain or rope from perspective View of the fergenerally to be made of wrought or malleable iron, or

other suitable metal. v

The sliding collar should be placedn the shanks of the hook before the jaws are riveted together, such a form being given to the ends of the shank's as will prevent the collar frombeing removed.

'lhe operation of my grappling-hook and attachments may-be thus described:

The back edges of the jaws are placed in the notchesl loit-the armsE E ofthe ferrule, and the pole G turned so that the sliding collar B will rest on th'epin or projection F, the weight of the hook `causing the shanks to drop through the collar as faras possible, thereby opening the jaws totheir widest extent.

Thepole, with the-hook securely supportedthereon,

.is now elevated until the jaws span' the beam orrafter to which it is to be attached.

lhe pole is now'turned inthe ferrule sufficiently to remove the pin or projection from under the sliding collar, which, actuated by its own weight and that oi the pendant hay-fork, falls on the Shanks, closing them,

land thereby causing the jaws to engage the rafter.

The poleandits ferrule may now be removed, andthe more weight applied to the slidingcollar, the firmer will bethe .graspof the hook;l v

When it is desired. to remove the grappling-hook' from the beam, the pole and ferrule are applied in such a4 manner, that the pin F, engaging under the sliding collar, iaises it, thereby opening the jaws, so that they will fall back into the notches of the ferrule, when the hook may be safely taken down.

I am aware that adjustable automatic clutches or .grappling-hooks, for suspending horse hay-forks, have been used benne; and 'I 'am also aware that devices for raising and .loweringsuch clutches and grapplinghooks have` been employed; therefore I do not claim tion Y What I clairn, and desire to secuie by Letters Pat- In" combination 4with a grappling-hook, A, the sliding collar B, ferrule D, with horizontally-curved and 'notched arms E E, and pole- G, provided with the hook, pin, or projection F, all constructed and ar` ranged to operate as specified. y H. H. HATHEWAY.

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JOHN H. FANGHER, J. L. Mansrmnn.

snch, broadly; but, having thusdescribed my inven-` I 

